Annie Freeman

Published: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 9:06 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 9:06 a.m.

Annie Sowers Freeman, 77, of Lexington, died of a prolonged illness Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, at the Hinkle Hospice House.

A funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church in Lexington by Dr. A. Lee Zehmer and the Rev. Randy Hall. A graveside service will be held after the service at the Sandy Creek Cemetery in Tyro.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home.

Mrs. Freeman was born Aug. 22, 1935, in Davidson County to Staley B. Sowers and Ultra Snider Sowers. Mrs. Freeman served as an elder and deacon at First Presbyterian Church, where she also taught Sunday school, worked as a youth leader and served as an officer for the Presbyterian Women. She was a founding board member of Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic, where she also volunteered for the past 19 years. In 2005, she received the N.C. Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service for her work there. Preceding her in death were her parents and her brother, John Sowers, and his wife, Betty, of Churchland.

Surviving are her husband of 58 years, Leonard Allen Freeman Jr.; a daughter, Cynthia Freeman Swicegood and husband Tim of Lexington; a son, David Allen Freeman and wife Jennifer of Garner; four grandchildren, Amber Elizabeth Swicegood and Troy William Swicegood, both of Lexington, and Alexandria Lee Freeman and Jonathan Allen Freeman, both of Fuquay-Varina; her stepfather, Gernie Badgett of Churchland; and three sisters, Nancy Wells and husband Bob, Phyllis Sowers and Neplus Hall and husband Ken, all of Churchland.